Chapter 94 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 94

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 94.32

तं न पश्यामहे लोके यो नः शरणदो भवेत्। राघवेणोपसृष्टानां कालेनेव युगक्षये॥ नास्ति नः शरणः किंचिद्भये महति तिष्ठताम्। दावाग्निवेष्टितानां हि करेणूनां यथा वने॥

taṃ na paśyāmahe loke yo naḥ śaraṇado bhavet| rāghaveṇopasṛṣṭānāṃ kāleneva yugakṣaye|| nāsti naḥ śaraṇaḥ kiṃcidbhaye mahati tiṣṭhatām| dāvāgniveṣṭitānāṃ hi kareṇūnāṃ yathā vane||

English Meaning

We do not see any such being in the world who can afford us shelter. Rāghava has attacked us like to the fire of dissolution. There is no refuge for who have been stricken with fear as no help re.. hes the elephants in a forest best with fire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)